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the north face of the buildings of the Agricultural Department and of the Smithsonian 

 Institution; and all expenditures for the purposes herein mentioned, not including 

 anything for architectural plans, shall be audited by the proper officers of the 

 Treasury Department. 



Mr. A. A. SARGENT. On line 500, after the word "dollars," I move 

 to strike out the words "is hereby appropriated out of any money in 

 the Treasury not otherwise appropriated." 



Agreed to. 



The amendment, as amended, was agreed to. 

 March 3, 1877 House. 



Mr. H. CLYMER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill (S. 1252) for 

 the erection of a fireproof building for a National Museum be taken 

 from the Speaker's table and passed. 



Be it enacted, etc., That for a fireproof building for the use of the National Museum, 

 300 feet square, to be erected under the direction and supervision of the Regents of 

 the Smithsonian Institution, in accordance with the plan of Maj. Gen. M. C. Meigs, 

 now on file with the Joint Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, on the south- 

 west corner of the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution, the sum of $250,000 is 

 hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; 

 said building to be placed west of the Smithsonian Institution, leaving a roadway 

 between it and the latter of not less than 30 feet, with its north front on a line parallel 

 with the north face of the buildings of the Agricultural Department and of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution; and all expenditures for the purposes herein mentioned, not 

 including anything for architectural plans, shall be audited by the proper officers of 

 the Treasury Department. 



Mr. J. W. THROCKMORTON. 1 object. 



Mr. CLYMER. I move that the rules be suspended and the bill passed, 

 and I ask unanimous consent to make a brief statement in regard to it. 



Mr. R. Q. MILLS. I object. 



The question was taken on the motion to suspend the rules and pass 

 the bill; and on a division there were ayes 71, noes 41; not two-thirds 

 voting in the affirmative. 



Mr. CLYMER. I call for tellers. 



Tellers were ordered; and Mr. Clymer and Mr. Throckmorton were 

 appointed. 



The House divided; and the tellers reported ayes 106, noes 42. 



Mr. J. L. VANCE, of Ohio. I call for the yeas and nays. 



The yeas and nays were ordered. 



The question was taken, and there were yeas 99, nays 72, not voting 

 119, as follows: 



YEAS Messrs. Abbott, Adams, John H. Bagley, jr., Ballon, Banks, Belford, Bell, 

 Blair, Bliss, Bradley, William R. Brown, Horatio C. Burchard, Cannon, Caswell, 

 Caulfield, John B. Clark, jr., of Missouri, Clymer, Conger, Crapo, Crounse, Cutler, 

 Danford, Davy, Denison, Eames, Evans, Flye, Foster, Freeman, Frye, Garfield, Hale, 

 Hancock, Haralson, Hardenbergh, Benjamin W. Harris, Hathorn, Raymond, Hendee, 

 Henderson, Abram S. Hewitt, Hill, Hoge, Hopkins, Hubbell, Hurlburt, Hyman, 

 Joyce, Kasson, Kelly, Kimball, Lamar, Lynch, Mackey, Magoon, MacDougall, 

 McCrary, Miller, Money, Monroe, Morgan, Nash, O'Brien, O'Neill, Page, William 

 A. Phillips, Platt, Pratt, Purman, Rainey, John Reilly, James B. Reilly, William M. 



